1968–69 United States network television schedule

The following is the 1968–69 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1968 through August 1969. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1967–68 season.

New fall series are highlighted in bold.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.

Yellow indicates the programs in the top 10 for the season.

Cyan indicates the programs in the top 20 for the season.

Magenta indicates the programs in the top 30 for the season.

National Educational Television (NET) was in operation, but the schedule was set by each local station.

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

(*) Turn-On aired in this time period on February 5, 1969, only.

Tarzan on CBS consisted of reruns from the 1966-68 NBC series.

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

By network

ABC

Returning Series

• The ABC Sunday Night Movie
• The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
• The Avengers
• Bewitched
• The Big Valley
• The Dating Game
• The F.B.I.
• Felony Squad
• The Flying Nun
• The Guns of Will Sonnett
• Happening '69
• The Hollywood Palace
• It Takes a Thief
• Judd, for the Defense
• The King Family Show
• The Lawrence Welk Show
• Let's Make a Deal
• The Newlywed Game
• N.Y.P.D.
• '
• Peyton Place
• Saga of Western Man
• That Girl

New Series

• Animal World *
• The Dick Cavett Show *
• The Don Rickles Show
• The Generation Gap *
• Here Come the Brides
• The Johnny Cash Show *
• Journey to the Unknown
• Land of the Giants
• The Mod Squad
• The Outcasts
• That's Life
• This is Tom Jones *
• The Ugliest Girl in Town
• What's It All About, World *

Not returning from 1967–68:

• ABC Scope
• Batman
• Cowboy in Africa
• Custer
• Dream House
• Garrison's Gorillas
• Good Company
• Hondo
• The Invaders
• Iron Horse
• Man in a Suitcase
• Off to See the Wizard
• The Rat Patrol
• The Second Hundred Years
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

CBS

Returning Series

• The 21st Century
• Animal World
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• The Carol Burnett Show
• CBS News Hour
• CBS Playhouse
• CBS Thursday Night Movie
• CBS Friday Night Movies
• Daktari
• The Ed Sullivan Show
• Family Affair
• Gentle Ben
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Green Acres
• Gunsmoke
• Hogan's Heroes
• The Jackie Gleason Show
• The Jonathan Winters Show
• Lassie
• Mannix
• '
• My Three Sons
• Petticoat Junction
• The Red Skelton Hour
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
• Turn-On
• The Wild Wild West

New Series

• 60 Minutes
• Blondie
• Carol Burnett Presents the Jimmie Rodgers Show *
• The Doris Day Show
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour *
• The Good Guys
• Hawaii Five-O
• Hee Haw *
• Here's Lucy
• Lancer
• The Liberace Show *
• Mayberry R.F.D.
• The Queen & I *

Not returning from 1967–68:

• The Andy Griffith Show
• Cimarron Strip
• Dundee and the Culhane
• Good Morning, World
• He & She
• Lost in Space
• The Lucy Show
• Premiere
• The Prisoner

NBC

Returning Series

• Bonanza
• Daniel Boone
• Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers
• The Dean Martin Show
• Dragnet 1969
• Get Smart
• The High Chaparral
• I Dream of Jeannie
• Ironside
• The Jerry Lewis Show
• Kraft Music Hall
• The Mothers-in-Law
• Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
• NBC Monday Night at the Movies
• NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• The Saint
• '
• The Virginian
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

New Series

• Adam-12
• The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
• Columbo
• The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
• Julia
• My Friend Tony *
• The Name of the Game
• The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• The Outsider

Not returning from 1967–68:

• Accidental Family
• Actuality Specials
• American Profile
• The Bell Telephone Hour
• The Champions
• The Danny Thomas Hour
• Hollywood Squares
• I Spy
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• Maya
• The Monkees
• NBC News Reports
• Run for Your Life
• Tarzan

Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.

References

• Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. 314 pp.
• McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. .
• Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1994). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. .